Bashful Groom Finally Married After Repeated Evasions
Jerseyville June 26 Daniel Mathews married Miss Mary Fraser after seven previous wedding bungles. The couple slipped to the altar at 8:30 am with no guests as minister warned Dan this would be his last chance. They planned a honeymoon in Roadhouse Illinois while Jerseyville townsfolk prepared a festive charivari.
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Jerseyville
Jil
Daniel Mathews
Mary Fraser
Dan
Mr. Mathews
Miss Fraser
Roadhouse
Daniel
Mathews
Jollies
Daniels
Mary Miller
Bold midget Lochinvar weds in Bristol elopement tale
Bristol Tennessee June 26. The tiny groom known as Jimmie Burnett, forty three inches tall, married Lou Nabors fifty cedar pounds lighter in Baldwin Mississippi after a staged elopement. The couple faced the girl's angry parents but earned their blessing. Burnett runs a general store and held a rural mail route.
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Bristol
Tenn
Jimmie” Burnett
Burnett
South
Lou Nabors
Baldwin
Miss
Dresden
Miss Nabors
Meridian
T P A Officers Elected At Milwaukee Meeting
The annual T P A meeting in Milwaukee last week elected officers and directors for two years with Henry O Grey of Louisville as president and Allen L Bird of Columbia as first vice president. Several regional directors and national committee chairs were named including Frank Crandall for Railroads and John Harwood for Legislation.
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Milwaukee
Henry O. Grey
Louisville
Allen
L Bird
Columbia
S. C
C. D. Frazier
Portland
Ore
F. W. King
Jacksonville
Fla
Fred W. Hawkins
Fremont
Neb
C. A. Lee
Asheville
N. C
William E. Fisher
St. Louis
F. E. Conrad
W. J Schoenecker, Jr
Wis
William O. Hudson
New Orleans
Alex. T. Lawrence, Jr
Philadelphia
H. O. Gray
Kentucky
Cary D. King
Rome
Frank
W.crandall
John S. Harwood
Richmond
Press
Frederick H. McIntyre
Max Banner
Columbus
J. W. McKadwn
Cedar Rapids
Good Roads
Louis Oakes
Daphin
Homer T. Wilson
San Antonio
Texas
Walther League Banquet Set In German Lutheran School
The Walther league holds its second annual banquet tonight in the German Lutheran school rooms on Sixth street. Rev. E H Stuehm will be toastmaster. Officers include President George Boe riger Vice President F G Crompp Secretary W G Kreuger Treasurer William Englebrecht Librarian William Grass Directors William Sturkin John Shafer F Tass Entertainment committee members are F Burgman William Rehm and Willard Sturkin.
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Walther League
German Lutheran School
Sixth Street
E. H. Stuehm
League
George Boeriger
F. G. Crompp
W. G. Kreuger
William Englebrecht
William Grass
William Sturkin
John Shafer
F. Tass
F. Burgman
William Rehm
Willard Sturkin
Roosevelt's Road Roller Sent to Bryan in Denver
Railroad workers near the watch shanty on First and Canal streets watched a northbound train carrying a monster road roller. A quick quip said the machine was Roosevelt's, being sent to Bryan in Denver, provoking amused laughter among the onlookers.
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Canal Streets
Rockefeller the Gay Old Boy At Cleveland Basket Picnic
Cleveland June 26 A Mr Rockefeller oil dealer with Forest Hilly estate attended a Baptist ministers basket picnic at Rev Charles A Eaton’s lawn. He charmed mothers with babies, patted and joked with families, complimented the wrestlers and discussed golf as a healthy sport for retirees.
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Cleveland
Rockefeller
Charles A. Eaton
Mr. Rockefeller
Truel
Gabriel Maguire
Circus Train Wreck Kills and Injures Dozens Near St. Paul
The Wallace circus train wrecked at a crossing in St. Paul road area yesterday morning when a freight train crashed into a car occupied by 100 sleeping men. Among the seriously hurt were Earl Williams E S Sutton John McKenzie George Davis Charles Young Thomas Dunn and C F Layfield. The circus traveled from New Richmond Wisconsin toward Mankato Minnesota.
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Wallace Circus
St. Pe! Minn
St. Paul Road
Earl Williams
E. S. Sutton
John McKenzie
George Davis
Charles Young
Thomas Dunn
C. F. Layfield
New Richmond
Wis
New Broadway Theatre Opened With Lecture by Frank H Leonard
The new Broadway theatre opened last evening to the public for the first time with a Christian Science lecture by Frank H Leonard of Brooklyn. Leonard, active in the lecture field since 1885 after overcoming a lifelong disease, gave an exceedingly interesting talk.
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Broadway Theatre
Frank H. Leonard
Brooklyn
Watterson Reflects on Cleveland After President's Death
Henry Watterson discusses Grover Cleveland's legacy praising his honesty and integrity while criticizing his lack of preparation for national affairs and limited tact in managing colleagues. He calls Cleveland sympathetic yet cautious, and notes his missteps in uniting liberal forces.
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Louisville
Cleveland
Henry Watterson
Watterson
White House
Lad Struck by Wheelbarrow At Church Worksite
The sixteen year old son of Mr and Mrs E S Messenger was struck on the head by an empty wheelbarrow while driving a horse to hoist materials at the English Lutheran church building. He was rendered unconscious and taken home.
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E. S. Messenger
New English Lutheran Church
Y M C A Plans August Lake Geneva Outing
Secretary Pendleton of the local Y M C A outlines a trip set for the first week in August to Lake Geneva Wisconsin the national summer resort for Y M C A members.
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Pendleton
Lake Geneva
Wis
Stricken Man Causes Scene on Panhandle Train
A man leaped from a Chicago bound Panhandle train into the city, chased by a shouted claim of being pursued. He was restrained by a livery stable employee as the train resumed, clinging to the rear coach platform. The ticket read Ralph P. Monadnock from Boise City to Richmond.
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Ralph P. Monadnock
Boise City
Idaho
Richmond
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